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=== Cemetery Directories  ===
=== Cemetery Directories  ===


Cemetery directories help you find the location of cemeteries. Many cemeteries in Utah have the same name as the city. For larger cities, directories help identify the cemeteries. One directory of Utah cemeteries is:  
Cemetery directories help you find the location of cemeteries. Many cemeteries in Utah have the same name as the city. For larger cities, directories help identify the cemeteries. The online listings help with locations and maps.:  


''Cemeteries of Utah. N.p., 1983?''. (Family History Library {{FHL|300459|title-id|disp=fiche 6018248}}.) This directory is arranged into three alphabetical lists, one by cemetery name, and the others by the city and the county.  
*[http://utah.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Utah Home Town Locator Cemeteries] appears to be most complete list of cemeteries in Utah. It has large and small cemeteries listed. The link takes you the description of the location with a map to locate and nearby cities and towns. There is no listing of people buried in the cemetery.  


A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts and the book and film numbers to locate them at the Family History Library as of 1988 is:
*[http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchcemetery Utah State History Cemetery Search] is the large database of cemeteries in Utah included on their site. You can search for a cemetery, by a city or town, by the county, or you can search by part of a cemetery name.


Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah). ''Index to United States Cemeteries''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library {{FHL|613269|title-id|disp=films 1206468-94}}.) Utah is on {{FHL|613269|title-id|disp=film 1206491}} among other states.  
*''Cemeteries of Utah.'' N.p., 1983?. {{FHL|300459|item|disp=FHL fiche 6018248; book 979.2 V3cL}}. This directory is arranged into three alphabetical lists, one by cemetery name, and the others by the city and the county.  
 
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=== Additional Sources  ===
=== Additional Sources  ===
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If you are not able to locate the record of burial in the cemetery records, you may find the burial or death information in the following records:  
If you are not able to locate the record of burial in the cemetery records, you may find the burial or death information in the following records:  


[[Utah Vital Records|Death Records]]: Later death records may give the cemetery where the person was buried as well as the date. Usually this is given as the funeral director is responsible for filling this out on the death certificate.  
*[[Utah Vital Records|Death Records]]: Later death records may give the cemetery where the person was buried as well as the date. Usually this is given as the funeral director is responsible for filling this out on the death certificate.
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]: Obituaries and death notices will give place a burial and information similar to the cemetery records.


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